13.8% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 27.7% of people in Springwood provide unpaid childcare, making family support a key part of daily life here. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community contribution and service are more in line with state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here look after children unpaid than in most other areas, though those providing general unpaid care or doing heavy housework are less common than typical.
10.9% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is common here, with 3.2% of the population having served, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national rates.
3.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Springwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32635/springwood/topic/community